Triton XVIII, Lot: 1228. Estimate $15000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tacitus. AD 275-276. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.22 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AET ERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory set on globe in outstretched right hand and scepter in left. RIC V 116; BN 394/392 (obv./rev.; same obv. die); Calicó 4104; Biaggi 1600 var. (bust type); Hunter 40. EF, lustrous, some light marks. Rare.